Weimar Classicism

Weimar Classicism (German “Weimarer Klassik”) is a cultural and literary movement of Europe. Followers attempted to establish a new humanism by synthesizing Romantic, classical and Enlightenment ideas. The movement, from 1772 until 1805, involved Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Johann Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Schiller and Christoph Martin Wieland, and often concentrated on Goethe and Schiller during the period 1788–1805.

Weimar Classicism's status as a "movement" and "classical" has been questioned by many scholars and historians, notably those outside Germany.

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